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WASH BOARD.

No. 313,653. Patented Mar. 10, 1885.

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HENRY G. CARTER, OF MONTOLAIR, NEWV JERSEY.

WASH-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,653, dated March10, 1885.

Application filed April 5, 1884. (Model d To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY G. CARTER, of Montclair, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in VVash-Boardsof which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to wash-boards fitted with protectors that notonly guard against the splashing of the suds up or on to the person ofthe operator, but also form a broad bearing-surface or rest for the bodyof the washer woman or operator when stooping or leaning to the work,and it more particularly refers to that class of waslrboard protectorsin which the protector is attached to the wash-board by means of slotsand pins. Theinvent-ion is also more particularly designed for use onreversible wash-boards-that is, wash-boards having corrugated zinc ormetal rubbing-surfaces 011 their opposite sides or faces.

My invention consists in a springeonnection of the protector with thewash-board, substantially as hereinafter described, and whereby saidprotector may not only be readily attached to or detached from theboard, as required, but the arms of the protecto by their elasticity,serve to securely hold the protector in position when in use; and italso consists in a combination of such detachable protector with adouble or reversible wash-board,whereby the same protector may be usedon either or-both sides, alternately, ol the board.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 represents a view'in perspective of a double or reversiblewash-board with my invention applied; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinalsect-ion of the same, also showing by (lot ted lines the protector andone of its springarnls detached.

A A are the legs of the wash-board,mounted with the usual cross-headpiece or partial bodysupport and guard O; and D D are upper and lowercross'frame pieces, to which the corrugated zinc or metal plates E E ofthe double or reversible board are secured.

The protector is composed of a head or cross piece, G, having springside arms, H H, of a slotted form or construction, and each of which AA, on both or opposite sides of the headboard B, are hooks orsuitably-shaped studs d d, with which the looped ends of the elasticarms H H of the protector engage. The distance apart of the elastic armsH H is such that, in order to engage them with or disengage them fromthe hooks or studs d or d, said arms require to be pressed toward eachother .in order that said hooks or studs may pass into or out oftheslots or openings in the springarms, which provides for their retainmgtheir proper position when in place, and for quickly detaching theprotcctomwnen required, as also for readily changing the protector fromone side to the other oi the double or reversible,

wash-board.

To change the protector from one side of the wash-board to the other,first disengage the cross-piece G from the guard G; then press the armsH toward each other until they are free of the hooks, when the prot ctormay be ap plied to the opposite hooks by first pressing the arms Htoward each other and allowing them to spring into engagement with thehooks, and then pressing the crosspiece upward and partially over the edgo of the guard G, as shown. The arms H will then exert a downwardpressure on the cross-piece G, to hold it firmly to the guard 0.

Furthermore, the two side portions of each elastic wire arm H are socurved or bent apart in direction of their length, and the hooks orstuds d or d placed at such distance below the guard O, that when theprotector, which swings by its arms on said studs, is adjusted intoworking position and so that its cross-head piece G engages by itsgrooved edge with either grooved edge of the guard G, the springarms H Hwill be more or less straightened or stretched, to hold the proteotorinits engaged positionwith the cross-head piece C.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A removable protector for'wash-boards,

consisting, essentially, of a cross-piece provided with two dependingslotted or open springarms, substantially as set forth.

2. In arernovable protector for wash-boards, a cross-piece provided withtwo open or slotted spring-arms, said arms being formed with bends tocause said arms to exert a pullingstrain when under tension,substantially as set therefrom, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a reversible washboard provided with hooks orstuds (1 d, be low the guard O, of a removable protector consisting ofthe cross-piece G, having open or slotted spring-arms H, the members ofsaid I 5. In areversible wash-board, the combination, with the guard O,grooved at 0 c, and

the sides A, provided with hooks d d on opposite sides, of thecross-piece G, grooved at b to fit one of the grooves 0, and the bentslotted spring-arms H, secured to said cross-piece G, and adapted toengage the hooks d or d, and hold the grooved edges of crosspiece G andguard O in contact to present an unbroken surface, as set forth.

HENRY O. CARTER.

lVitnesses:

EDGAR TATE, ALFRED H. DAYIS.

